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In this episode, I chat with ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ about how her creative journey defies conventional wisdom about career paths. From Yale-trained pulmonologist studying lung disease to acclaimed novelist, her story demonstrates how lifeโs unexpected turns might lead us exactly where weโre meant to be.
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โ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ,โ Teller says. She explains how her fears centered on financial insecurity and feeling she lacked stories to tell, until a cross-country move disrupted her academic medical career and her husband encouraged her to pursue this long-held dream.
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Tellerโs latest novel, ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐, transports readers to Americaโs Gilded Age through the story of Fanny, a desperate young woman navigating a Darwinian world of social stratification and ruthless capitalism. What makes this historical fiction particularly compelling is Tellerโs revelation that our current era mirrors that period of extreme wealth disparities and political corruption. โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ,โ she explains, describing the disturbing parallels between past and present.
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Our conversation ventures beyond the novel to explore the publishing industryโs subjective nature, including how finding the right agent resembles โmatchmaking.โ Tellerโs unique perspective shapes characters who defy traditional female protagonist tropes, creating women who actively forge their own destinies despite societal constraints.
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